No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible...A thorough understanding of the Bible is better than a college education. Within the covers of this one single book, the Bible, are all the answers to all the problems we face today. If only people would read it and believe!

Monday, December 27, 2010

I can remember when former President Nixon said this: "It is the family unit that makes this great nation what it is" Now if you stop and think about what he said he was and still is right! When I was growing up my family went to churchtogether, prayed together, had Bible Studies in the house, grace was said at the table, and everybody in my family knew that it was God that provided for us and this country. So now most families do not even send their kids to church let alone going with them. All their education now is given in school and we all know how that turns out.
When I was growing up there was no government hand outs, because your neighbors and the church was always there until a family or person got back on their feet. Now we have the great society with the government stepping in and no one wants to get back on their feet. They just want the hand outs.

When we were kids we were taught what was right and what was wrong by our parents in the home. Now the government has taken over telling our kids what is right and what is wrong in their political correct way because they say it takes a whole village to raise a child. So now they are being told a lot of untruths, with the big one being: "It is okay to be a homosexual. It is just a different life style" And these people say they are Christians! what Bible do they read? It must be different from mine, because mine says it is a sin. The government passes out condoms and birth control pills in our school when they should be teaching abstinence. Our country has murdered millions and millions of unborn babies and we call ourself's a Christian nation. God have mercy on us.

This country is headed for disaster soon if it does not turn back from its evil ways and cry out to a merciful God for forgiveness in true repentance. I'm telling you it is coming and the fall will be great. This scripture has been on my mind for months and it will not go away:

Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the LORD;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
(Habakkuk 3:17-18 ESV)

Sunday, December 5, 2010

As the Christmas season starts and people get into the full swing of buying gifts, visiting family, all the parties, and all the great dinners, the odd reality is that in many homes in this great country and in the hearts of many people Christ, who would bringing with him the gift of unconditional and lasting love, will be absent from this birthday party. What a shame to honor our Savior this way!

“ EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!”It's the greatest news [The Good News] that America and the world has ever known. God came to Earth in the form of a little baby and grew and faced the same challenges and problems as we do. I find it incomprehensible and shocking that Jesus loves the world so much that He bore all the suffering for your sins, my sins and the sins of the world. He did that for you and me and everyone you know. Yet, the celebration and the festivities of the Lord's love has been reduced to the bright lights, the fun, the parties, and happiness of the "holidays" [politically correct term for Christmas] with hardly a reference or a comment of who it is we are celebrating and what Christmas is truly about. Such a shame.

When we as a person, a family, or a nation, refuse, reject, and resist the truly deep spiritual meaning of Christmas and at the same time grab every chance to party, open presents, and take time off from our jobs and businesses , a sad national and personal emptiness results in the end. Yes, there is beauty and joy in celebrating our love for family and friends, but human love can only go so far. It is imperfect and fleeting, and even when it seems as close to pure as possible, it still cannot fill the empty hole in our souls that is lost by not having the real true meaning of Christmas as a part of our activities and celebrations.

Because most people have successfully removed Christ from the Christmas season, many poor souls who might otherwise come to know Him through the attention He should be getting will go through just another holiday season as the proud owners of a few trinkets and novelties that will sooner or later tarnish, wear out and break, with a big bill for it all to boot. They will start the new year the same as they left the old one, looking, searching, hoping, wanting, longing for something more. Something that only Jesus can give. They missed it all! I wonder how many homes across this nation that it will be the same way.

As our society closes the door on Christ for the sake of political correctness, don't shut Him out of your home. Never be ashamed of Jesus!If you believe in the Lord then invite Him to your Christmas party this year and every year. When He knocks at your door let Him in. It will be the Greatest Christmas gift you ever got!! If you do Christmas, for you and your house, will never be the same.

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Bill Patchett

There is nothing better than studying the Bible, the history it contains, the stories of love and compassion, and the prophecies that are fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled. All my life I have found great comfort in reading the passages contained there. If people would only read and study the Bible for a half hour a day they would see the beauty of this Book. They would see that the answer to all life's problems are found between those sacred pages. and they would also see why The Bible is and always will be the Greatest Book in the world. It contains the very word of God. I am a moral conservative who believes that Christian values are a big part of what makes our Country work.